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L. K. JOHNSON & A. A. LOW.

TYPE DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

No. 409,748. Patented Aug. 27, 1889.

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Patented Aug. 27. 1889.

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TYPE DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EFICE.

LOUIS K. JOHNSON AND ABBOT" AUGUSTUS LOWV, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNORS TO THE ALDEN TYPE MACHINE COMPANY, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

TYPE-DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,748, dated August 27, 1889. V

Application filed November 15, 1886. Serial No. 218,961. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LOUIS K. JOHNSON and ABBOTT AUGUSTUS Low, citizens of the United States, residin gin the city of Brooklyn,

in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Type-Distributing Apparatus, of which the following is a description sufficient to enable others skilled in the art to which the invention appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to that class of apparatus into which the types are distributed by hand, being dropped into. receivers, from which they are conducted and arranged in prescribed positions in their respective typecontaining channelsgvhich latter are adapted for use in a setter-case.

Our present improvements relate more cspecially to the particular form of apparatus heretofore described by us in previous patents and applications therefor.

Owing to the liability of the types to de' scend upon the pusher-fingers while the latter are performing their work in the receiving ends of the channels, we provide a lower guard-rail immediately over the said receivin g ends of the containing-ehannels, so formed as to allow the types encountering the pusher 0 to accommodate and adapt themselves readily to the vibratory act-ion of the pusher, thus obviating the danger of the breakage or dis figurement of such types, to which they are liable if confined too rigidly under such tem- 3 5 porary condition.

Another feature of our invention consists in the employment of suitable means for effecting the adjustment of the receiving ends of the type-containing channels verti- 4o cally with relation to the horizontal position of the type pusher or forwarder for the purpose of modifying or regulating the eitect of the action of the pusher with relation to the requirements of diiterent fonts or styles of type to be distributed in the apparatus.

Our invention also includes the special feature of construction in the slug or type preceder used in each of the type-containing channels, whereby it is enabled to ride over and project beyond the shoulder which holds the outer ends of the channels should the channel become too full from neglect or other causes.

llereiofore under such circumstances the line of types has been stopped as soon as the slug reached the said type-channel-sustain ing shoulder, not only endangeringthe alignment of the types, &c., but also subjecting the pusher-fingers and other parts of the apparatus to severe strain, or even breakage. The protrusion of our improved form of slug. from the rear end of channel when the latter is too full is also calculated to call attention to the requirements of the case.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is 6 5 a plan of suflicient of a duplex type-distributing apparatus to illustrate the carrying out of our improvements, portions of the apparatus being broken away. Fig. 2 isavertical longitudinal section through the parts shown 7c in Fig. 1 on plane of line a; as, Fig. 1.

The operative parts are mounted upon the usual frame or table A, near the center of which the double series of type-receivers B O are arranged, although this central duplex form of apparatus forms no essential feature of our present invention, and other arrangement of parts may be substituted, if preferred.

The receiving-plates B B B B are mounted upon a movable frame or carriage D, as heretofore, the standards D D resting upon rails d (1 and the plates B B B Bbeing held in position by supporting posts or shoulders d (1 or by any of the means previously described by us.

The type containing channels F extend v backward from the lower end of the inclined conduit-plate E underneath the receivingplates B, and the types are forwarded by the go pusher H toward the left hand side of the apparatus. The pusher II is of the double comb form, and likewise forwards toward the right hand the types in the series of containing-channels F upon that side of the apparatus. The pusher is reciprocated, as here-' tofore, by rods it, connected with a crank or eccentric. Each of the conduits z of the recelvin g and conduit plates is formed with a flared opening or receiver 2" to facilitate the deposition of the types. The types distributed in the conduits t' descend upon the inclined surface of the face-plate J, which is preferably hinged at its lower end, as shown at j, so as to admit of being swung back and down to give access to the conduits when necessary. The type-guards L L, situated in front of the lower portions of the conduit-plates E and J, are formed with recesses or grooves Z Z, which coincide with the upper portions of the types when the latter happen to rest temporarily upon the top of the pusher-lingers.

The type-containin g channels F F are supported upon the bed or table of the machine in the usual manner, their inner or receiving ends being held and centralized by the continuations e e of the conduit-floors into the channels above the position of the pusher when in the channel, (constituting what we designate the upper holders,) and the stationary abutments e e projecting into the ends of the channels below the positions of the pusher, (constituting what we designate as the lower holdersj) while their outer ends are held by the engagement of their I shoulders f with the transverse strip or shoulder K.

In order to adapt the position of the receiving ends of the type-containing channels accurately with relation to the position and action of the pusher in accordance with the varying requirements of different types, we construct a section a of each of the supportin g floors or beds A A, preferably immediately under the inner or receiving ends of the channels, in such manner that it has a slight degree of vertical adjustment. This adjustment may be eifected in any suitable or Well-known manner. As shown in the drawings, the

movable sections a a are secured to the stationary beds A A by screw-bolts, either one or the other of the flanges a a a a being formed with vertical slots a a which admit of the necessary degree of movement between the parts.

The lower guards c and the conduit-plates of the receiving-channels and encounter the end-supporting shoulders K they will readily ride over the said shoulders and project from the ends of the channels if the distribution of types is continued before other channels are substituted, thus notifying the operator that a substitution of channels'is necessary.

WVhat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a type-distributing apparatus substantially such as described, the combination, with a series of type-containing channels and type forwarding mechanism substantially such as described, of a conduit-plate pro vided with a guard-rail which is recessed, so as to permit types to adapt themselves to the motion of the pusher-fingers when resting thereon, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

2. In a type-distributing apparatus substantially such as described, the combination, with a series of type-containing channels and with type-forwarding mechanism substantially such as described, of a vertically-adjustable support for the inner or receiving ends of the said series of type-containing channels, for the purpose and substantially in the manner described.

In a type-distributing apparatus substantially such as described, the combination, with aseries of type-containing channels and with theirouter end-supporting shoulders K, of a series of slugs or type-preceders formed with the inclined or curved surfaces g for the purpose described.

LOUIS K. JOHNSON. A. AUGUSTUS LOW. \Viinesscs:

GEO. W. MIATT, WM. GARDNER. 

